Suspect in San Rafael bus stop shooting arrested in New Orleans

Ladrakeous Sonny Dean, left, is wanted on suspicion of attempted murder for a shooting Friday at the San Rafael Transit Center, police said. The victim collapsed near a bench, right, with wounds to his leg and arm.

A parolee accused of trying to shoot a man to death during a daytime attack in downtown San Rafael two months ago was arrested in New Orleans, where he was visiting for Mardi Gras, police said Tuesday.

LaDrakeous Sonny Dean, 24, was tracked down with the help of the fugitive task force of the U.S. Marshal's Office, said San Rafael police spokeswoman Margo Rohrbacher. He was taken into custody Monday at a friend's residence on Gladiolus Street, about four miles from the French Quarter.

"The friend did not know, or he appeared not to know, what Dean was into," said Deputy U.S. Marshal Garrett Hawk, a regional spokesman.

Authorities were able to find Dean after receiving a tip on an anonymous hotline about his location, Hawk said.

Dean was booked into the Orleans Parish Prison on Monday pending transfer back to Marin County. Federal investigators did not have a warrant to search the friend's home for weapons.

Dean has been wanted on suspicion of attempted murder since mid-December, when he was identified as the suspect in a shooting at 1 p.m. Dec. 14 at the San Rafael Transit Center. Police said the victim was standing at a bus platform on the west side of the terminal when the gunman approached from Tamalpais Avenue and fired his gun.

The victim staggered across the transit center and collapsed near a cement bench, where witnesses said he was helped by an off-duty paramedic and a private security officer. The 22-year-old victim survived gunshot wounds to the bicep and upper thigh, according to the fire department.

The gunman got into a gold sedan driven by someone else, and was last seen racing down Second Street toward Highway 101.

San Rafael police are still investigating the motive for the shooting and the identity of the driver of the getaway car.

Dean, a former Marin City resident, is most recently a resident of Solano County, where he is on parole for a home invasion robbery. He was previously charged with robbing two pedestrians in Marin City in 2005.